Dive Details

Location

Date

21 March, 2014

Time

1:32pm - 2:23pm

Details

This dive was a massive drift dive. We drifted around one kilometre in the space of 50 minutes. At times we were able to stop and look and fish and other creatues but once we floated up we were off again.

Buddy

Landung

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20-30 metres

Duration

50 minutes

Maximum depth

19.2 m

Average depth

13.5 m

Water temperature

28.8°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR +5 diopter

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

Photographs


Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.


Pyramid butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis. 16.2 m.
 

Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator. 16.7 m.
 

Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus. 16.7 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 16.9 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 16.1 m.
 

Female ribbon eel. Rhinomuraena quaesita. 17.9 m.
 

Female ribbon eel. Rhinomuraena quaesita. 17.9 m.
 

Nudibranch, Chromodoris magnifica. 18.7 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii. 17.7 m.
 

Clark's anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, with tongue parasite. 17.7 m.
 

Humback scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis macrochir. 17.4 m.
 

Humback scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis macrochir. 17.2 m.
 

Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator. 16.2 m.
 

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus. 13.6 m.
 

Star puffer, Arothron stellatus. 10.9 m.
 

Star puffer, Arothron stellatus. 10.9 m.